PlayStation Store January Sale starts today

First when fans complained about no vita sales during December, we were told to wait for January, today you are saying there might or might not be sales in the next couple of weeks. Lastly you mention the vita will have its own specific sale not far off whenever the hell that happens. When are you going to stop with this cat and mouse game of prolonging this sale and lying to your consumers? Sorry, but it’s getting pathetic.

Also while I’m at it, are there plance to have sales for Silent Hill Book of Memories, MGS HD collection and Sine Mora (vita versions)?

@Catkiller1

Think I’ll be taking that stratergy too

I have to ask why do a small number of people in the EU think the US has this amazing PS+ service???

Where do they get this idea from??

Makes me laugh because the US PS+ updates a FULL of Americans raging about the fact that the EU gets a better PS+ service than the US!!

Why can’t people just be happy with the great PS+ service we have rather than complaining like moody teenagers?!

“BooHoo! The US has this that and the other!! Why haven’t we got it??”

*Throwing toys out of the pram as they type…

Someone mentioned Gravity Rush DLC sale, i saw your reply, just saying, if they do come on sale, i’l be getting every single one available! just saying, +1 for GR DLC

Hey Chris,

Any luck on Bioshock, really wanna get Bioshock 1 before getting into 2.

As for a Vita sale if people stood back and looked at the bigger picture they may realise that the Vita is coming up to its 1st Birthday!!

Now if I was a betting man I would place a decent wedge on there being some pretty good Vita sales over that period

…and yes I know it may have been a bit cheeky of certain SCEE employees leaving it so open ended in saying exactly when a Vita sale may take place (or even pointing directly to the New Year for that matter) but if they just came out and said:
“Feb 2013 until the next Vita sale”… then there would have been a huge wave of people complaining!!

Feb is still in the New Year technically (so is September. A little creative twist on wording there maybe?!?)

TINTINTB303

lol , jes i now ith = not always sony mistake
but them need more telling why them have problem
= laws not ok
canseld
problems converting …..
= then we understend = take time to get ore never ( so we buy else where ore buy other games instead )

lots peopel asking
- ragnorak odysee
- minecraft
- skyrim dlc … but no updates
also we find outh then them tel use Retro City Rampage Europe release date confirmed = need them telling use first .

Come on Sony, why no Vita deals again? Don’t you want us to buy more memory cards?

Why can’t you at least include a handful of Vita titles? If shops are selling the tennis game for £7, or smart as for £13 then why cannot you at least so something similar.

@monoliet

Very true.

SCEE in general does need better communication with its customers I TOTALLY agree with you on that point

@superpatchy66

Feb = Vita 1st Birthday!!

I bet that is when we see some decent Vita/PSP sales

Saints Row The Third Full Package Edition including all DLC, is only £14.99 @ Play.com

Sonic And Sega All-Stars Racing: Transformed Limited Edition is £14.99 @ Play.com too!

Far cheaper prices of you look around!

Is there any chance of getting some Batman AC DLC’s on sale in the future ?

@sunnyboy177

The Batman:AC DLC was on sale over Xmas.

Harley Quinns Revenge DLC was not included though and by the sounds of a comment made by Chris earlier there are NO plans to have it reduced in the near future either!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news

I hope for vita sales for sound shapes, plants vs zombies (also I somehow expect this one to come on plus sonner or later) and also wouldn’t mind if some of the smaller games like brun the rope or flying hamster would get in the price range at a sale for there ios, andriod versions… I love to play the vita, but paying 3-4 times as much as they are on android/ ios??

I am so pleased I sold my Vita this Christmas, although it was at a bigger loss than expected. Apparently people don’t want to buy them second-hand, according to CEX and GAME.

Put the money towards a Wii U, which is okay I guess. Nothing special, but at least I know Nintendo will support it. That’ll keep me going until the inevitable XBOX3 this winter…which will be my last purchase. No Playstation for me next gen. As good as Naughty Dog are, they themselves don’t justify another generation of abuse and disappointment from Sony.

Quite looking forward to being free to be honest.

@Scruffy_P

That is great news, thanks for sharing…

I hope you enjoy your new console I really do

Gonna follow scuffy´s example if they fail to deliver march’s content
Persona/ragnarok/killzone sony perty please get behind those n whip those developers real hard mkay

@ Scuffy-P
Can understand you, i bought vita in Feb, solely, well mainly because of All the remote play adverts, when i found out about 2 months later RP isn’t really possible, well not the way the official ps adverts showed it, i sold mine, i paid around 300 out, and got under half that back, Two months in.. Can only imagine what there worth now.. tbh though i also couldn’t get used to the small sticks/buttons, thought i would but it never happened.. i have a feeling this next gen ps will have a Lot of vita compatabilities, wiuu like controller and other stuff, But i am Never buying any console early again, well and truly learnt my lesson on that.. Was looking at the new wiuu, like the look and am a sucker for Zombie games so am glad it released at xmas period, as i would prob of impulse bought it few months earlier, now i can watch/read how it performs.

I’ve been toying with getting the Borderlands 1 DLC for a while, but thanks to the GOTY being on this sale I’ve been able to get the full lot for £8.72, and I can take my retail copy to GAME and trade for about £7 towards a new game. Seems rude not to take advantage, so a big thank you from me

Lol.

I take it all the people selling their Vitas have never been early adopters before!?!?

The PS3 took a good few years to get off the ground.

The Vita is not even 1 year old (worldwide).

People want EVERYTHING and they want it NOW!!!

Doesn’t work that way I’m afraid

@another_gamer

I know we haven’t seen eye to eye before but I am glad you have learnt from your personal experience with being an early adopter with the Vita and waiting with regards to buying a WiiU and see how it does before taking the plunge

Hope you make a choice that makes you happy

Hey Chris:
If you can achieve them, I would like to see deals on games like Daytona USA, Burnout Crash!, From Dust, Armageddon Riders and/or Costume Quest (with DLC).

Thanks.

Why’s there no PS+ discount on the Farming Collection bundle of Harvest Moon and Innocent Life?

It figures EU gets all the great sales on games like Saints Row 3, while us in NA get crappy overpriced sales on old games for the snow deals thing.

Not too mention the terrible Plus games we receive. :/

@ TINTINTB I have been an early adaptor all my live bought the snes,ps1,ps2,xbox,gb color,advance,ds. on release the features they promised all worked well! Vita features such as remote play one of its major features´ now lbp2 feature was released not long ago but i have to pay for it really? that just sucks. The supposed console experience on the go tbh only 2 games come close gravity rush and Uncharted. now dont get me wrong not hating on the vita or anyting really love the devive actually but really they release an overpriced machine hoping to sell overpriced games the logic is where?

Can anyone answer this?

If i buy Borderlands GOTY,Will i have to start again from the beginning,As i received Borderlands from PS+?

£30 is sitting in my ps store since Christmas! I would like to spend it so much but the titles I am looking forward to are:
The Walking Dead with a little discount
Terraria-any news of its release date yet?

Thanks

@ TINTINB103
Thanks for your regards, i Can understand that some features take time to work on new consoles, however it was proven to me that RP is never going to happen, Well never being 3to5 years away, maybe. whereas the way the vita was advertised showed people playing Remotely, like it was a out of the box feature. I hear because of server/network speeds this is rarely going to Ever happen, but if something new is invented that allows it then i will re-buy a vita, i know your a staunch defender of scee, But i feel i was sold goods falsely, costing me a fair bit of cash, and obviously there’ll be small print ‘somewhere’ basically telling me ‘tough luck’, live and learn though, i would like to think i won’t make a similar mistake, But i probably will.. have a good evening.

I’ve seen some really good sales from time to time, but some times they’re just pointless..

Spec Ops: The Line (Ends 16/1/2013; not available in UAE)
Was €59.99/£39.99/AU$99.95; now €24.99/£19.99/AU$29.95

I bought that on Steam for my PC for £5. Most the games on there you can get much cheaper from a shop. I really hope there never is an age where everything does go digital, if prices like these are considered a ‘sale’. :/

@chris

Any update on getting a price cut / sale for the DLC characters on Blazblue: Continuum Shift?

@BlueRaven, just so long as you have an existing Borderlands save file, you shouldn’t have to start again because it’s still the same central game, it’s just that GOTY has the DLC packs as well

Any chance of a price drop for Mass Effect 2?

I recently bought ME1 and want to playthrough the trilogy on ps3 but sold ME2 ages ago.

Why can’t I purchase Jet Set Radio unlock from Store?
Says “There are no items you can purchase at this time”

I’ve downloaded the demo, pressed “unlock full game” etc.
I REALLY HATE this new store!

@Ryumoau:
Well consider yourself lucky, we haven’t hardly got any sales for the Vita yet.

@another_gamer

I get where you are coming from with regards to Remote Play.

I feel Remote Play will be a feature we see more and more with the Vita/PS4 combination to be honest.

All RM games, even the newest (I played Tokyo Jungle, the most recent game to get a RM patch/update) suffer from terrible lag at times. I tried on a private network and over the internet and the results were less than enjoyable.

I really feel Sony are playing the long game with regards to Vita and it will be a better partner with the PS4 than it ever will be with the PS3. The tech/time they (PS3 & Vita) were developed in are just poles apart at the end of the day.

That being said the LBP2 cross controller worked superbly well and suffered from ZERO lag which I found a nice surprise!!

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As for being “a staunch defender of SCEE…” (your words)… Hmm, I disagree (I don’t want an argument though ). I am the first to admit that SCEEs communication with customers can be awful if at times none existent but often they get the blame when things are totally out of their hands.

Retro City Rampage is a prime example. Even the dev tweeted the delays were their fault and NOT SCEEs yet still people tore strips off SCEE for their supposed incompetance.

Trust me I think SCEE are FAR from perfect and have huge room for improvement in certain areas.

I do think their PS+ service is superb value for money. At about 70p a week or £2.80 (or so) per month I fail how people don’t see the value. Even taking the games out of the equation the cloud game saves and auto download of game and system patch/updates are great but I suppose it is a subjective thing at the end of the day.

Anyway good luck with your future console purchases

THE WALKING DEAD
THE WALKING DEAD
THE WALKING DEAD
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THE WALKING DEAD

Sorry, but i’ve asked and i’ve seen many others ask is The Walking Dead going to get a discount soon, steam and 360 have had MASSIVE discounts on it and nothing on PSN. Not even a mention of yes in the future or no we are not able to obtain a discount any chance you can say if there’s NOT going to be a discount?

Also I’d love discounts on

Plants vs Zombies
Red Dead [got my ps3 & was a ps+ subscriber just after it went off]
Daytona USA
Destruction Derby
Trine 2
Fighting Vipers
any other Sega classics like Streets of Rage/Golden Axe etc
Earthworm Jim [US selling it for under a $1!]

also Id love to see the Sega Vintage Collection hit UK like it just has US

Thanks!

@luckysalt81

With regards to your Sega classics request why don’t you just buy the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection on BluRay???

You can pick it up for less than a tenner and has over 40 of the best Vintage Sega Titles

Streets Of Rage 1,2 & 3. Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, & 3. Golden Axe 1, 2 & 3. That’s just naming a few off the top of my head.

Well worth a tenner (tops anywhere I’m sure) if you are after a hit of nostalgia

Would love a sale for Sound Shapes and/or Unit 13.

Is it possible?

Thanks Chris Howe for the information about Jet Set Radio PSVita on PS+, that’s good news.

Ah well, least the Vita will get some love next week, RCR is confirmed to be out next week and EDF. JSR is free for Plus the Vita needs more love badly.

chris i know that walking dead in not on the cards as fred answered that question for me a few days ago, however he did say subject to late changes.
so please please talk to who you have to talk to and if its in your power make it happen as walking dead has to be the most requested sale title on the blog.

please man make it happen

Any chance of getting Angry birds in the January Sale?

Or a PS+ discount?

In December you said that ps vita sale are coming in january, and where are they? I am very disappointed, because i don`t like liers. So I just want answer. Where are Vita games? Just please give me answer. And don`t say that they are “coming”…because they are not. I realy want ANSWER liers!!!

The sale prices from 12th Dec to 9th Jan were reset to their default full price the entire time they were on “sale”! but no one at SCEE could fix it because everyone was on holiday.

Could you PLEASE put those games on sale properly this time? at least for a week, just give us a chance. What’s the point in saying it’s on sale when the prices were exactly the same?

example: Resident Evil Operation Raccoon still says it’s on sale but the current sale price matches the “was” price in the description:

https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-nz/ga mes/resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city/cid=EP0102-NPEB00984_00-REORC DIGITAL0000

Any chance to havo a discount for “Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker” PSP version?

Probably wont bother buying any games even if they do eventually have a Ps Vita Sale, taken them this bloody long to dodge around the question im probably not going to bother downloading any PSN title now and just watch for them to become free on PS+.

@TINTINTB303

I have the Mega Drive Collection already! So close to plat as well just Eswat and Mean Bean Machine I haven’t done.

I just love Sega games, had a Saturn too so would LOVE Panzer Dragoon 1 & 2, Guardian Heroes, Virtual On, Burning Rangers etc to all be added but that ain’t gunna happen.

Disappointed Guardian Heroes still hasn’t made its way to PSN after its been on 360 for well over a year

I have a problem..

I have not have been able to move the cursor once the PSN store loads.
Everything else is ok (selecting XMB items, playing games etc) but soon as I load up the PSN store it loads to the first page and no matter what I do (Reset controller / reboot / reinstall the PSN store) I cannot scroll through the store to browse / download things. I have PS+ so currently I am missing out!

Any ideas?! Thanks in advance!

Hi Chris. I am having problems finding Jet Set Radio for purchase. It is not in the sale area and it is not in the PS3 games category, as it appears as though the trial is listed, rather than the full game. Is anyone else having any problems finding Jet Set Radio for purchase on the PlayStation Store?

Also Chris, I would suggest that you add Droplitz (£3.99), Rock of Ages (£3.19), Smash Cars (£4.99), Trine 2 (£7.29), Wakeboarding HD (£4.79), along with a few Minis and PSP games that are all compatible with the Vita. All of these games have a special offer price reduction date on them, so I believe that they should be classed as being in the January Sale, rather than the Price Drops section and that they should be listed in your main blog post, just so that it raises some awareness of further price reductions in the January Sale. What do you think, Chris?

Also, is there any chance of you admitting that the Vita Sale that you keep on teasing us Vita owners about will FINALLY (thinks o The Rock screaming it out to the MILLIONS!!!) take place somewhere around mid February 2013?

Picked up Saints Row 3 because of the sale.

£10 for one of the funnest sandbox games around? An absolute steal =D